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How does that at all address the concerns people have? "No one's forcing you to buy one?" Exactly, and fewer people are going to buy one, given the high price and low shipment numbers. That's supply and demand: Sony has set their price above what many people will reasonably pay for a video game system, and as such, there's going to be fewer PS3's on people's shelves. The truth is, consumers want to feel like game developers are "forcing people to buy a system" by providing quality games at... well, not a reasonable price, but certainly not a batshit insane one. Sony hasn't gotten a lot of people excited about their system, and as such, they're not even coercing people to buy one. That's the problem.

This is very specific, so I'm sorry, but I hated it when game reviewers praised God of War for having an "epic" storyline "deeply rooted" in Greek mythology. I don't remember which reviews it was specifically, but I know I read this at least six different times. That game had about as much to do with Greek mythology as a crowbar has to do with actual crows. In fact, fuck God of War. There were, what, five enemies in that game? And lame jump puzzles? And aggravating box puzzles? And everyone treated it like it was the Second Coming of Christ? Goddamn God of War.

Yes, except we have video footage of Kurt Angle being turned into a woman. For what it's worth, the Undertaker urn-controlling thing at least had a semblance of reality in it, in that weird pro wrestling way--I could actually see WWE putting that sort of storyline on the air. This is just... bizarre. I don't hate it, but I have a feeling it's going to pull a lot of people out of suspension of disbelief while playing season mode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PM9yhfYFLw I stand corrected. Now they also need a storyline where Jerry Lawler gets bitten by a radioactive spider and fights the Smurfs in a Hell in a Seashell match. THERE'S NO HULKAMANIACS HERE!? EDIT: And it's even better now that I know who bursts out of that wall! We-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL!

I just got knocked on my ass by how big a dork you are for knowing that.

Yes, except we have video footage of Kurt Angle being turned into a woman. For what it's worth, the Undertaker urn-controlling thing at least had a semblance of reality in it, in that weird pro wrestling way--I could actually see WWE putting that sort of storyline on the air. This is just... bizarre. I don't hate it, but I have a feeling it's going to pull a lot of people out of suspension of disbelief while playing season mode.

Goofy and Donald in Kingdom Hearts. Goofy: "OH, NO! SORA TOOK 1 HP OF DAMAGE! I'D BETTER USE A POTION ON HIM!" Donald: "I'D BETTER DO THE SAME THING AT THE EXACT SAME TIME!"

We <3 Katamari!

I think he means Cerberus. And yes, that's a tough battle. It's been a while since I've played through KH2, but as I recall, the key is definitely getting through the early battles quickly, which requires a fair amount of luck and, of course, accuracy with the Action commands. Can you use your Drive forms in the Cerberus Cup? If you can, use Valor to blow through the early battles, and you should have more time near the end.

Definitely hard, especially with all of the cowprint traffic cones and cartons of milk all over the level. I spent the better part of a night trying to get the cowbear in the second game, and I'd be thwarted a lot of times when I was nearly large enough and was inadvertantly knocked into something like a tiny wooden statue of a bear. It's irritating, but man, you feel like a god when you do it right.

Video game fans should thank God for Jack Thompson. If he wasn't around blathering on and on about nonsense he doesn't understand, someone with half a brain--or at least the capacity to be articulate without completely isolating himself from reality--might take his place. No one takes Thompson seriously; after the Bully case, it even seems like the courts have seen him for what he is: an opportunist, a fraud, and an idiot. But thank God for him. I shudder to think of what an intelligent, articulate, level-headed anti-video game spokesperson could do.

Did you see the gigantic cowbear mutant flying around with the two bears with rockets strapped to them? That's the best part of that level.